Neuroblastoma (N.B.) is the most common tumor in children. The gene BDP1 (B Double Prime 1) plays a role in cancers but is less known in N.B. Thus, we conducted this study to investigate the value of BDP1 mutations in N.B. A dataset of 121 NB patients from the Cancer Genome Atlas database was used to analyze BDP1 gene mutations by RNA sequencing. Kaplan-Meier estimates were performed for overall survival (O.S.) analysis on BDP1 variants, and Cox's proportional hazards regression model was used for multivariate analysis. In 121 NB patients, we identified two variants of BDP1 associated with N.B., located at chr5:71511131 and chr5:71510884. The prevalence of these BDP1 variants, I1264M and V1347M, was 52.9% (64/121) and 45.5% (55/121), respectively. O.S. analysis showed a significant difference between subgroups with or without BDP1 variants (p < 0.05). Multivariate analysis further revealed that BDP1ariants were independent prognostic variables in N.B. (p < 0.05). Our results suggest BDP1 variants are associated with significantly improved clinical outcomes in N.B., thus providing clinicians with a new tool.
